unfinished glory

Chapter 186 Confrontation
After the timeout ended, the Grizzlies returned to the entire main lineup.The Lakers replaced Turiaf and Walton with Odom and Ariza to strengthen the defense.

Li Chongxiao took the ball and faced Ariza. Although the opponent had a good defensive ability, his attitude was also very focused.But one-on-one defense is impossible to limit a star of Li Chongxiao's level.

Now that he has decided to play singles, Li Chongxiao will not have any worries. He does not consider the opponent's defensive style, but plays in the way he is most comfortable with.

Before everyone could react, he made a three-pointer and scored his 20th point.

The overall offensive efficiency of the Lakers during this time period is quite high, and naturally there is no need for Kobe to stand up and respond.Yao Ming blocked the big and small Gasol, and passed a wonderful pass to Odom, who made an air cut layup.

Li Chongxiao catches the ball and shoots, and before Ariza is in place, he scores another three-pointer.Yao Ming slid out of the basket with a jumper, Gasol got a rebound and made a long pass, and Li Chongxiao made a layup against Ariza and scored two more points.

Under an 8:2 attack wave, the point difference between the two sides became 11 points, and Li Chongxiao scored his 25th point.

The atmosphere in the arena began to heat up. One superstar broke out, but can the other superstar still hold his breath?
But Kobe is a paranoid man, ignoring the voice of the home audience shouting "Kobe" and "Kobe", and chose to split the ball after breaking through again.

Ariza hit the iron with a three-pointer from the outside, Li Chongxiao grabbed the rebound, played steadily, and scored the goal with a long two-pointer after a wobble.

The point difference finally narrowed to less than 10 points, which calmed the nervousness of the Grizzlies players to a certain extent.Phil Jackson didn't call a timeout, he chose to trust his players.

Kobe and Yao Ming cooperated in the pick-and-roll, Yao Ming cut in to get the ball, facing the double-teaming of the Gasol brothers, he passed the ball from the top of Gasol's head to Odom.Li Chongxiao made up for it, and a knife dropped the ball.

The ball was caught by Fisher in the chaos, and his shot in the open position also failed to hit.

The Grizzlies had a scoring drought in the first half, and now it's the Lakers' turn.

Li Chongxiao got the rebound, handed it to Conley, and ran to the frontcourt by himself.After Conley came over with the dribble, he called Gasol over and made a pick-and-roll, trying to eat Fisher raw.

He even passed the ball, but facing Yao Ming inside, he didn't dare to go in and chose a jumper.The chance was good, but the ball still hit the rim and popped out.

The ball fell into Li Chongxiao's hands again, and he didn't hesitate to pick it up, and immediately threw himself into the attack, ignoring that the man defending him at this time became Kobe.

Finally they met, the audience wanted to shout but did not dare to shout, for fear that Li Chongxiao would make a pass with his own voice.

Li Chongxiao pressed Kobe, and his teammates ran to the side one after another, opening up space for him to play singles.

I have to say that Kobe's defense is really good. Li Chongxiao tried a few times, but he couldn't find a chance to completely get rid of him.

Li Chongxiao didn't hesitate at all, he feinted a bit, picked up the ball and shot it, the ball hit again, and now he has scored 29 points.

The point difference narrowed to 7 points, and the Lakers got a little nervous. Fisher made a pass error and was cut off by Conley.Kobe was delayed a bit in time for the grab, and the fast break was not completed.

After halftime, Li Chongxiao received the ball, and Battier came to pick and roll.He took advantage of Ariza's unstable foothold and entered the three-second zone.Kobe was delayed for a while, and only had time to lean on Li Chongxiao's side to slow him down.

Li Chongxiao made a sudden stop, and then shot a jumper. Kobe hit his elbow, but he still couldn't stop the ball from entering the basket.

After scoring these 2 points, Li Chongxiao has scored 31 points.In contrast, Bryant scored only 15 points.

At this time, there are still more than 4 minutes before the end of the first half. The Lakers still lead by 59 points at 54:5, but the momentum has fallen to the Grizzlies.

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When Li Chongxiao made a free throw, the Lakers finally called a timeout.

It's understandable that he didn't do well on the defensive end. When Li Chongxiao was attacking just now, Phil Jackson didn't ask the players to double-team in time.

Now it's not a problem for the team. During this period of time, they played without any rules. Although they scored goals, their efficiency was not high.

Farmar replaced the underperforming Fisher, and Phil Jackson took the tactical board and rearranged the offensive tactics.The most urgent task now is to stabilize the position and maintain the leading edge.

After Li Chongxiao scored a free throw, Kobe took over the baseline serve from Odom and chose to lead the frontcourt himself.According to Zen master's arrangement, he distributed the ball during this period, giving it to Yao Ming when he had a suitable opportunity, and playing singles by himself if he had no opportunity.

As Kobe was marching, a small group of people outside the court began to shout "Kobe", and then the whole audience began to shout, and many people stood up and shouted for Kobe to play singles.

Kobe was dribbling the ball, and he was driven by the atmosphere of the scene. Obviously Yao Ming had already locked his position, but he didn't pass the ball, and he was still competing with Battier.

Yao Ming saw the situation and knew that the boss had made another mistake, so he simply came over and set him a pick-and-roll.Kobe followed Yao Ming's pick-and-roll path and broke in.

Made a fake pass, shook Gasol away, went straight to the basket, and made a small throw.While the ball was still on the way up, Li Chongxiao, who was slapped and rushed to him, slapped a big hat and slapped out of the bottom line.

When Li Chongxiao saw that Kobe didn't pass the ball to Yao Ming, he expected that he was going to play singles.

However, although the ball prevented Kobe from scoring, it also successfully provoked his anger.After reorganizing the offense, Bryant leaned on Battier, played post-ups, scored a swinging fadeaway jumper, and earned a foul.

After Kobe's 2+1 score, Li Chongxiao also returned the favor. With the help of Gasol's pick-and-roll, he succeeded in a jumper from the free throw line.

The score of the Lakers and Grizzlies was 62:57, and the score of Kobe and Li Chongxiao was 18:34.

In the next round, Kobe took the ball and singled Battier, and Li Chongxiao hurried forward to help defend.Under the two double-teams, Kobe still showed strength. Instead of passing the ball, he forced a shot between the two. This time he missed, but caused a foul by Li Chongxiao.

After making two free throws, Kobe scored 20 points today.

In the next round, Li Chongxiao's layup was interrupted by Yao Ming and Odom's attack, and he went out of the frame.The rebound was picked up by Ariza who followed up, and he passed a long pass to Kobe.

Li Chongxiao made a layup to the end and quickly chased after getting up, but Kobe still completed the layup on the heads of Battier and Conley.

In the next 2 minutes, the two teams strengthened their defense at the same time, increasing the double-teaming of Kobe and Li Chongxiao, and each of them missed two shots.

The Lakers didn't score, but Gasol of the Grizzlies was lucky enough to pick up an offensive rebound and click in with one hand.

At the end of the first half, after Li Chongxiao broke out, Kobe also broke out. The Lakers led 66:59 by 7 points.

(End of this chapter)